About Livery Stable Blues
Livery Stable Blues is a blues in E♭ major — intermediate, running from C to e♭ and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Blues
- Key
- E♭ major · 4/4
- Range
- C to e♭ · first position
- Notes used
- C D♭ D E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G B♭ B
- Level
- Intermediate
Livery Stable Blues — sheet music
E♭ major · 4/4
The notes
Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line
e♭ d C B♭ F♯ G | e♭ d C B♭ F♯ G | e♭ d C B♭ F♯ G G | E♭ D D♭ D♭ C E♭ F G♭ F E♭ | C E♭ F G♭ F E♭ | E♭ G F♯ G F E | E♭ C B C B♭ G G G♭ F F | F♯ G F♯ G B♭ G F | E♭
Livery Stable Blues — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Livery Stable Blues — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------| A|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-------|---------| D|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|---------4-5-5-|-1-0-----| G|-------------|-------------|---------------|-----6-6-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-2-3-1---| D|---1-3-4-3-1-|---1-3-4-3-1-|-1-5-4-5-3-2-|-1---------5-| G|-5-----------|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|---------|---------------|---| A|---------|---------1-----|---| D|-5-4-3-3-|-4-5-4-5---5-3-|-1-| G|---------|---------------|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Livery Stable Blues — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------| A|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-------|---------| D|---------4-5-|---------4-5-|---------4-5-5-|-1-0-----| G|-------------|-------------|---------------|-----6-6-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-2-3-1---| D|---1-3-4-3-1-|---1-3-4-3-1-|-1-5-4-5-3-2-|-1---------5-| G|-5-----------|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|---------|---------------|---| A|---------|---------1-----|---| D|-5-4-3-3-|-4-5-4-5---5-3-|-1-| G|---------|---------------|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Livery Stable Blues — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------| A|-H3-3-L2-L1-----|-H3-3-L2-L1-----|-H3-3-L2-L1-------|------------| D|------------2-3-|------------2-3-|------------2-3-3-|-L1-0-------| G|----------------|----------------|------------------|------H3-H3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----L2-1-L2-L1---| D|---L1-L2-2-L2-L1-|---L1-L2-2-L2-L1-|-L1-3-2-3-L2-1-|-L1------------3-| G|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----------------|----| A|-----------|---------L1------|----| D|-3-2-L2-L2-|-2-3-2-3----3-L2-|-L1-| G|-----------|-----------------|----|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Livery Stable Blues — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------| B|-4-3-1-------|-4-3-1-------|-4-3-1---------|---------| G|-------3---0-|-------3---0-|-------3---0-0-|---------| D|---------4---|---------4---|---------4-----|-1-0-----| A|-------------|-------------|---------------|-----4-4-| E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------|-------------|---1-0-1-----| G|-------------|-------------|---0---0-----|---------3-0-| D|---1-3-4-3-1-|---1-3-4-3-1-|-1---4---3-2-|-1-----------| A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------| E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|---------|---------------|---| B|---------|---------------|---| G|-0-------|---0---0-3-0---|---| D|---4-3-3-|-4---4-------3-|-1-| A|---------|---------------|---| E|---------|---------------|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Livery Stable Blues — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-----|-6-5-3-1-------|---------| E|---------2---|---------2---|---------2-----|---------| C|-------------|-------------|---------------|-3-2-1-1-| G|-----------0-|-----------0-|-----------0-0-|---------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-2-3-1---| E|-----1-2-1---|-----1-2-1---|-----2---1-0-|-------------| C|-0-3-------3-|-0-3-------3-|-3-----------|-3-----------| G|-------------|-------------|---0---0-----|-----------0-|
A|---------|---------1-----|---| E|---2-1-1-|-2---2-------1-|---| C|---------|---------------|-3-| G|-0-------|---0---0---0---|---|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
Livery Stable Blues chords
E♭ major · 8 chords: E♭, E♭7, A♭7, Adim, E♭/B♭, C7, F7, B♭7
One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like E♭/B♭ means play E♭ with B♭ as the lowest note.
Guitar chords for Livery Stable Blues
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for Livery Stable Blues
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Livery Stable Blues
Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.